Peres: Israel will consider joining chemical weapons ban treaty
ISRAEL-CHEMICAL/:Peres: Israel will consider joining chemical weapons ban treaty
A policeman examines the remains of a vehicle that was used as a car bomb in Baghdad's Sadr City
A policeman examines the remains of a vehicle that was used as a car bomb in Baghdad's Sadr City September 30, 2013. A series of car bombs exploded in busy areas in predominantly Shi'ite neighborhoods of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 42 people and wounding dozens more, police and medical sources said. The deadliest attack took place in Sadr City, where a car bomb blew up near a place where workers had gathered. It killed at least seven people, including two soldiers. REUTERS/Qahtan al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST)
Residents inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad's Sadr City
Residents inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad's Sadr City September 30, 2013. A series of car bombs exploded in busy areas in predominantly Shi'ite neighborhoods of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 42 people and wounding dozens more, police and medical sources said. The deadliest attack took place in Sadr City, where a car bomb blew up near a place where workers had gathered. It killed at least seven people, including two soldiers. REUTERS/Qahtan al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST)
Detention Centers Prep for Safer Transgender Housing
Regulatory reform is expected to gradually improve housing safety for transgender detainees. At the same time the Department of Homeland Security is cutting beds and exploring programs that move at-risk people out of locked-in facilities and into houses and hotels.
Sudanese protest again against Bashir in Khartoum
SUDAN-PROTEST/:Sudanese protest again against Bashir in Khartoum
Activists push for global ban on stoning
“Stoning is a cruel and hideous punishment – it is a form of torturing someone to death” - human rights lawyer
FACTBOX: Stoning - where does it happen?
Stoning is practised or on the law books in 15 countries or regions. Here are some recent cases
Islamists, ruling party members chide Sudan's Bashir amid protests
First sign of dissent inside ruling circles after a week of unrest that has killed dozens
Sudan police fire teargas as thousands demand Bashir quit
Bashir, who seized power in a 1989 coup, has not faced the sort of Arab Spring uprising that unseated autocratic rulers from Tunisia to Yemen since 2011, but anger has risen over corruption and rising inflation in the vast African country